Sibel Edmonds
Events (50)
- After September 11, 2001: High-Ranking State Department Official Allegedly Arranges Release of Four 9/11 Suspects 2001-09-11
- (After September 14, 2001-October 2001): FBI Translation Supervisor Blocks Agent’s Request to Have Certain 9/11-Related Material Re-Translated 2001-09-14
- September 20, 2001 and After: FBI Translator Sees Pattern of Deliberate Failure 2001-09-20
- September 20, 2001: FBI Hires Sibel Edmonds as Contract Translator 2001-09-20
- December 2, 2001: FBI Translator Sibel Edmonds Invited by Co-Worker to Become Member of Group that Is Under Federal Investigation 2001-12-02
- December 4, 2001: FBI Translator Informs Supervisor that Co-Worker Is Shielding Targets of Investigation from Surveillance 2001-12-04
- January 14, 2002: FBI Special Agent Concerned That Translator Is Protecting Surveillance Targets and Involved in Espionage 2002-01-14
- Between January 14, 2002 and February 1, 2002: FBI Translator Re-Translates Wiretaps Assigned to Colleague; Discovers Colleague Buried Critical Information 2002-01-14
- February 1, 2002: FBI Supervisors Cancels Meeting with Whistleblowers Concerned about Security Violations in Translation Center 2002-02-01
- Between February 1, 2002 and February 11, 2002: FBI Whistleblower Reassigned to Windowless Office; Given Permission to Write Description of Allegations at Home 2002-02-01
- Afternoon February 12, 2002: FBI Translator Submits Formal Memo Alleging Security Breaches by Co-Worker in Department 2002-02-12
- (February 13, 2002): FBI Translations Supervisor Dismisses Allegations by Whistleblower in Memo to Superiors 2002-02-13
- February 22, 2002: FBI Supervisor Encourages Whistleblower to Drop Allegations 2002-02-22
- March 7, 2002: FBI Whistleblower under FBI Surveillance 2002-03-07
- Afternoon March 7, 2002: After Being Rebuffed by Own Superiors, FBI Whistleblower Sends Letters to Senators and FBI Internal Investigation Departments 2002-03-07
- March 22, 2002: FBI Whistleblower Fired after Alleging Security Breaches in Translations Department 2002-03-22
- June 17, 2002: FBI Acknowledges Some Allegations by FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds 2002-06-17
- October 18, 2002: Ashcroft Invokes ‘State-Secrets Privilege’ to Prevent FBI Whistleblower’s Suit from Being Heard in Court 2002-10-18
- February 11, 2004: FBI Whisteblower Edmonds Tells 9/11 Commission that Wiretapped Conversionations Pertaining to 9/11 Attacks Were Not Translated; Her Testimony Is Ignored 2004-02-11
- May 19, 2004: Previously Public Information about FBI Whistleblower Is Now Classified 2004-05-19
- July 6, 2004: FBI Translator Sibel Edmonds’ Whistleblower Lawsuit Is Dismissed 2004-07-06
- (July 8, 2004): Justice Department’s Inspector General Report Supports Sibel Edmonds’ Allegations 2004-07-08
- July 29, 2004: FBI Letter Vindicates Many of Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ Allegations 2004-07-29
- August 1, 2004: FBI Whistleblower Sends Scathing Letter to Chairman of 9/11 Commission 2004-08-01
- August 15, 2005: Former FBI Translator Says Government Ties to Drugs- and Weapons- Smuggling Undermines US Counterterrorism Efforts 2005-08-15
- November 28, 2005: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Brought by Former FBI Translator against FBI 2005-11-28
- October 29, 2007: Sibel Edmonds Offers to Break Gag Orders, Tell All and Name Names on National TV; No Network Accepts Offer 2007-10-29
- January 6, 2008: Sibel Edmonds Launches ‘State Secrets Privilege Gallery’ 2008-01-06
- January 6, 2008 and After: Sunday Times Runs Series of Sibel Edmonds Stories 2008-01-06
- January 20, 2008: FBI Denies Existence of Alleged Nuclear Smuggling File 2008-01-20
- Before January 20, 2008: Anonymous Letter Makes Allegations about State Department Official over Nuclear Smuggling 2008-01-20
- January 22, 2008: British Journalist Notes US Media Ignoring Sibel Edmonds Scoop 2008-01-22
- August 8, 2009: Sibel Edmonds Testifies Under Oath 2009-08-08
- April 2005: Federal Appeals Court Upholds Use of ‘State Secrets Privilege’ to Block Suit against DOJ Brought by Former Translator
- 2000-2001: Nuclear Proliferation Network Penetrates Pentagon with Help of Senior Officials
- March 2004: Agent Forced Out of FBI for Supporting Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds
- April 2001: FBI Translators Learn Al-Qaeda Suicide Pilots Plan to Hit Skyscrapers in US and Europe
- June 2002: Former FBI Translator Files Whistleblower Suit Against Justice Department
- August 2002: Former FBI Translator Sues Bureau for Documents Relating to Allegations against Co-Worker Accused of Breaching Security
- July-August 2001: Translator Alleges FBI Agent Is Deliberately Deceived Regarding Skyscraper Warning
- August or September 2002: Air Forces Investigation Concludes that Major, Accused of Espionage and Obstruction, Has Not Done Anything Wrong
- (November 2001): FBI Translator Fails to Translate Wiretaps of Individuals with Whom She Has Connections
- Early December 2001: FBI Wiretaps Reveal that Turkish Groups Attempted to Bribe Congress Persons in Late 1990s
- (Early 2002): FBI Whistleblower Threatened with Investigation
- (1997-2002): State Department Official Allegedly Helps Turkish and Israelis Plant ‘Moles’ in Nuclear Facilities
- Mid-Late 1990s: Pakistani-Based Proliferation Network Begins to Use Turkish Fronts in US
- Summer 2000: Turkish Agent Allegedly Requests $250,000 for Nuclear Information Stolen from Air Force Base
- Summer 2001: State Department Official Allegedly Receives Bribe from Nuclear Proliferation Network
- Summer-Autumn 2001: State Department Official Allegedly Tips Off Nuclear Smuggling Ring about CIA Front Company
- May 2001: Feith, Perle, and Wolfowitz Discuss Iraq Invasion; Scowcroft Initially Favorable